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Latest News from Burstalls Solicitors

June 2023

What is a Section 20 agreement and when should you sign one?

If the Local Authority have concerns about a child in the care of their parent(s), then the Local Authority may wish to provide...

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May 2023

“Be Prepared”

For commercial landlords it is often the case that apparently innocuous changes in legislation can have the most severe financial implications and consequences...

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April 2023

What is Public Law Outline and how we can help?

When the Local Authority are involved with the care of your children, this can be an extremely difficult and stressful time for a number of reasons...

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March 2023

Care Crisis in the UK

It is shocking to read that hundreds of thousands of older people in England are having to endure chronic pain, anxiety and unmet support needs owing to the worsening shortage of social care staff and care home beds...

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June 2021

Cohabitation Agreements

So long as they are validly made, the terms are reasonable and each party to the Agreement has obtained independent advice on it, a court is likely to uphold the Agreement in the event of a dispute....

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May 2021

Serious-Personal-Injury-Claim

When you or a member of your family has been seriously injured it can be a stressful and worrying time. Most people deciding whether or not to make a claim are not familiar...

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May 2021

What is Contentious Probate?

Contentious probate can be defined as a dispute arising out of someone’s estate after they have passed away....

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January 2020

We're Recruiting

We are looking to recruit a Private Client and Property Secretary / Assistant (experience preferable)...

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November 2019

Changes to the Payment of CGT Tax on the sale of Residential Properties

Are you aware that on 6 April 2020 the rules on the timing for the payment of Capital Gains Tax on sales of Residential Property are changing?...

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September 2019

Attention Future First Time Buyers!

The deadline for opening a Help to Buy ISA is 30 November 2019. After this date, you will not be able to open a Help to Buy ISA and benefit from the 25% government bonus...

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September 2019

Inheritance Claims

We cannot stress how important it is for everyone to make a Will. There are however, some situations when claims can be made against a deceased person’s Estate even though they have made a Will...

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August 2019

Heritage Weekend – Tours of the Vaults

Burstalls are taking bookings for our VIP tours for Heritage Weekend. There are only a limited number of spaces left for a VIP tour of our vaults on Thursday 19th September 2019...

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July 2019

Septic Tanks

New Rules to take effect 1st January 2020 - Anyone who owns a home where the drainage is effected to a septic tank, or anyone in the course of buying such a property, needs to be aware that regulations...

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June 2019

Heritage Open Days

Burstalls Solicitors are once again proud to open the hidden vaults beneath Ocean Chambers to the public on Heritage Weekend in September 2019...

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May 2019

No Fault Divorce

Under current legalisation, if a couple wish to divorce without one party blaming the other (either on the basis of that party’s behaviour or adultery) they must have lived apart for a period of at least two years...

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March 2019

The Importance of Making a Will

This article applies to all couples who are not married or not in a civil partnership. Many people incorrectly believe that after two years...

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February 2019

Don't put off that Probate Application

The government intends to raise the Court fee for an application for a Grant of Probate from a flat rate of £155 to a sliding scale...

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January 2019

New Partners

We are delighted to announce that from 1st January 2019 Prue Arnott, Joanne Liversidge, Hugo Moore and Sarah Thomsen have been made Partners...

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September 2017

Heritage Open Days

Once again we are opening are offices as part of the Heritage Open day celebration. The Open Days are now an important event in the City’s annual calendar of festivals. The offices of Burstalls Solicitors are open...

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September 2015

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 – Are you ready?

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) is to come into force on 1st October 2015. This will amend and consolidation existing Consumer Protection legislation such as the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.

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November 2017

First Time Buyers and Stamp Duty – Autumn Budget

As announced by Philip Hammond in the Autumn Budget, first time buyers paying £300,000 or less for a property will now not pay SDLT (‘Stamp Duty’)...

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February 2018

Ministry of Justice Power of Attorney refund scheme

A scheme has now been launched to refund those who may have paid more than they should for applying to register powers of attorney...

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